Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds
Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds
ANGELA BALL
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2007
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4
Pages: 80
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjqg4
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Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds
Book Description:

Winner of the 2006 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. Angela Ball’s lyrical, wry, and rueful poems float on a river of incongruities on which we may find Ron Popeil, Lord Byron, and Rudyard Kipling sharing the same raft; they create a fascinating commerce between the sublime and the ridiculous.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9081-9
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[v])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vi]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.2
  3. A CONVENTION OF OFFENSES
    • My Days at Sea
      My Days at Sea (pp. 3-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.3
    • Our Tigers
      Our Tigers (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.4
    • Journal for Baudelaire
      Journal for Baudelaire (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.5
    • New Country
      New Country (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.6
    • On Sports
      On Sports (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.7
    • Society for the Dissolution of Learning
      Society for the Dissolution of Learning (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.8
    • Rimbaudʹs Ears
      Rimbaudʹs Ears (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.9
    • Power
      Power (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.10
    • Spring
      Spring (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.11
    • What to Wear for Divorce
      What to Wear for Divorce (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.12
    • Closet of Desserts
      Closet of Desserts (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.13
    • Less-than-Stylish Ennui
      Less-than-Stylish Ennui (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.14
    • My Genuine Correspondence with Lord Byron
      My Genuine Correspondence with Lord Byron (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.15
    • True Story
      True Story (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.16
    • Two Things That Didnʹt Happen to Me
      Two Things That Didnʹt Happen to Me (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.17
    • How Things Work
      How Things Work (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.18
    • Color Film
      Color Film (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.19
    • My Conference with Guillaume Apollinaire
      My Conference with Guillaume Apollinaire (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.20
    • Someday Iʹll Take Again My Lightning Drive through Love
      Someday Iʹll Take Again My Lightning Drive through Love (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.21
    • Jazz
      Jazz (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.22
    • Pup
      Pup (pp. 24-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.23
    • Annulment
      Annulment (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.24
    • Bee
      Bee (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.25
    • To Percy Bysshe Shelley
      To Percy Bysshe Shelley (pp. 28-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.26
    • Disabled Power Steering
      Disabled Power Steering (pp. 30-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.27
    • Inadequacy
      Inadequacy (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.28
    • High-Rise
      High-Rise (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.29
    • Planet of Distraction
      Planet of Distraction (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.30
    • Lift
      Lift (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.31
    • Fence
      Fence (pp. 36-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.32
  4. THE CANDIDATES
    • Temp
      Temp (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.33
    • Once
      Once (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.34
    • My Boyfriend: A Confession
      My Boyfriend: A Confession (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.35
    • Nurse Kiki on WCW
      Nurse Kiki on WCW (pp. 42-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.36
    • Singles
      Singles (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.37
    • Bobʹs Our Uncle
      Bobʹs Our Uncle (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.38
    • Balm
      Balm (pp. 46-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.39
    • The Band
      The Band (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.40
    • Someone Is Messing Up the Roses
      Someone Is Messing Up the Roses (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.41
    • Our Lodger
      Our Lodger (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.42
    • Boathouse
      Boathouse (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.43
    • Why I Should Be a Concierge
      Why I Should Be a Concierge (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.44
    • That Was Me
      That Was Me (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.45
    • Difficult Daughters
      Difficult Daughters (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.46
    • How Need Makes Beauty
      How Need Makes Beauty (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.47
    • The Dress with Books on It Is Too Small
      The Dress with Books on It Is Too Small (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.48
    • My Mettle
      My Mettle (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.49
    • Big Colt
      Big Colt (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.50
    • Good Night, Mr. Know-It-All
      Good Night, Mr. Know-It-All (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.51
    • For Larry Rivers
      For Larry Rivers (pp. 60-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.52
    • Piecework
      Piecework (pp. 61-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.53
    • My Background
      My Background (pp. 62-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.54
    • My Audition
      My Audition (pp. 63-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.55
    • Bone
      Bone (pp. 64-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.56
    • Phoning Frank OʹHara
      Phoning Frank OʹHara (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.57
    • O Apollinaire, O Quai dʹOrsay, O Luxembourg
      O Apollinaire, O Quai dʹOrsay, O Luxembourg (pp. 66-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.58
    • Provisions
      Provisions (pp. 67-68)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.59
  5. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 69-70)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.60
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 71-72)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqg4.61